Category: Assesment

Assessment of Pain in clinical and experimental setting

Saurab Sharma | November 30, 2015

Pain assessment has always been a challenge for researchers for many years. They have always tried to quantify pain. Quantitative sensory testing (QST) evaluates the integrity of the entire sensory receptors. It is found to be a reliable and relatively reproducible. Though QST is a subjective test, recent brain imaging studies provide strong evidence that […]

Assessing “function” in clinical practice and research

Saurab Sharma | November 28, 2015

When a patient comes to us, he/ she almost always explains their problems in terms of the functions. For example: “I cannot comb my hair due to pain”, “I cannot walk”, I can’t climb the stairs because of pain” etc. Function is really important to a patient, and so it should be for a physiotherapist […]

Tear of Fascia Cruris: A new Diagnosis to consider in Achillodynia

Saurab Sharma | October 17, 2015

Treating any condition requires knowledge of various sources of symptoms that may elicit pain. These sources of symptoms could arise from tendons, ligaments, bones, muscles, nerves and fascia. The treatment of the pain or problem will differ based on the structures involved. Thus, accurate diagnosis of the problem is required for which clinicians need to […]

Stretching is not the only solution to improve flexibility!!!

Saurab Sharma | September 5, 2015

Muscle tightness specifically of Hamstring muscle is a very common problem. It is speculated that it can cause variety of problems such as low back pain, hamstring muscle strain, patellofemoral pain, plantar fasciitis etc. A variety of treatment techniques have been used in the past to improve hamstring flexibility, however, none of the techniques proved […]

Knee Joint assessment

Saurab Sharma | May 13, 2015

  This post will direct undergraduate year 1 students to perform a brief assessment of a patient with knee pain.  http://www.slideshare.net/saurabsharma/5a-knee-pain-assessment http://www.slideshare.net/saurabsharma/5b-observation-of-knee-joint   http://www.slideshare.net/saurabsharma/6-knee-joint-palpation http://www.slideshare.net/saurabsharma/7-knee-assessment-examination